1. Lab-to-Market USDA Outcomes 2015
Mojdeh Bahar
Assistant Administrator, Office of Technology Transfer
Agricultural Research Service, USDA
FLC National Meeting, Denver, Colorado

2. Lab to Market Working Group
In FY14, the Lab-to-Market Working group established cross agency goals in five different categories: developing human capital, empowering effective collaborations, opening R&D assets, fueling small business innovation, and evaluating impact.

3. Developing Human Capital
Our goal is creating an entrepreneurial culture within our agency by engaging scientists in the business side of science.
I-Corps ARS-Piloting a new model of NSF’s I-Corps™ Program at USDA for Intramural Scientists
Training of scientists on TT
Program specific IP/TT Strategies

4. Empowering Effective Collaborations
USDA led a sub-topic under this goal, namely Co-funding and Philanthropic Partnerships.
Federal labs have utilized their gift authorities to encourage co-funding of projects through public-private partnerships (PPPs).
Survey of Gift Authorities across the Departments
Agricultural Technologies Innovation Partnership (ATIP Foundation): A PPP Facilitator Model
Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR)-authorized in the Farm Bill

5. Opening R&D Assets
Transparency and access to government inventions and facilities are one of the important principles under both Lab-to-Market and Open Data initiatives
Listing of facilities that could be used by the general public
Pilot Plants
List of Available Technologies for Licensing and Collaborations
website and data.gov